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Three wooden vinegar casks of decreasing size stand beside a cloth-covered jar of cider vinegar, a dish of vinegar mother and apples on a warm ivory surface.
Vinegar intake

Vinegar: the craft of making acidity

Vinegar forms when bacteria and oxygen turn alcohol into acetic acid. This reference follows wine, fruit, grain and sap through that change, the ways of supplying oxygen, the measurements and the choices that finish a bottle.

· 17 min read
Four glass carafes of golden, ruby and dark vinegars stand before a wooden cask beside apples, grapes and a shallow dish of mother of vinegar.
Vinegar intake

A world of vinegars: what the names tell you

A bottle of vinegar can carry the flavour of wine, rice, dates, palm sap or an orchard harvest. Its name becomes useful when you can tell what was fermented, how the acid developed, and what the maker added or changed afterward.

· 18 min read